Given the exponential trends in miniaturization, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, and micro-sensors, it is easy to imagine a future where Super Toys are tools for the home.

A “Super Toy” in the home equipped with the proper array of sensors and actuators could be certain to never miss capturing a baby’s first words, never miss recording a child’s first steps. It would never let a child drink anything from beneath a kitchen sink, wander near an unsecured pool, or succumb silently to SIDS. More